No person shall operate any motor vehicle, including but not
limited to automobiles, dune buggies, motorcycles, dirt bikes, motor
scooters or any other motorized vehicle, on any publicly owned lands
within the City which have not been laid out as a way or designated
by the Park and Recreation Board for the use by such vehicles. Any
violation of this section may be disposed of in a noncriminal disposition
as appropriate.
A. Restrictions generally; exceptions. No person shall ride upon any
portion of a vehicle not designed or intended for use of passengers.
This subsection shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary
discharge of his duty or to a person riding within truck bodies in
space intended for merchandise.
B. Riding on handlebars prohibited. No operator of any motorcycle or
bicycle when upon the street shall carry any other person upon the
handlebar, frame, mudguard or tank of any such vehicle nor shall any
person so ride upon any such vehicle.
C. Clinging to moving vehicles. No person riding upon any bicycle, motorcycle,
coaster, sled, roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall attach the
same or himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
Whoever drops or lets fall or permits or allows to drop or fall,
upon any way or highway of the City, from any truck, cart or vehicle,
any piece of stone or granite or other article of such a size or character
as may endanger public travel shall immediately cause the same to
be removed from the limits of the way or highway.
No person shall carry or cause to be carried upon any public
streets on any two-wheeled vehicle a load the weight whereof exceeds
one ton, unless the tires of the wheels of such vehicle are four inches
or more in width; nor any four-wheeled vehicle unless the tires of
the front wheels of such vehicle are three inches or more in width
and the tires on the rear wheels thereof are four inches or more in
width; provided, however, that at such seasons of the year when the
ground is frozen and covered with snow, heavy loads on runners may
be allowed on the streets.
No person shall operate through any public street any horse-drawn
vehicle which, with its load, exceeds 10 feet in width, or 24 feet
six inches in length, measured from the end of the shaft to the extreme
end of the side, nor any horse-drawn vehicle with a trailer, except
in accordance with a permit from the Chief of Police.
A funeral composed entirely or partly of a procession of vehicles
shall be identified as such by means of black pennants bearing a purple
cross attached to both the first and last vehicles.
A. The driver of a vehicle shall give an audible warning with his horn
or other suitable warning device whenever necessary to ensure safe
operation.
B. No person shall sound any automobile horn between the hours of 11:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. anywhere in the City except in cases of extreme
emergencies.
No person upon roller skates, or riding in or by means of any
coaster, toy vehicle, or similar device, shall go upon any roadway
except while crossing a street at a crosswalk.
No person shall coast or slide down, across or along any of
the streets or sidewalks of the City, upon any sled, board, or other
vehicle for coasting or sliding, except as provided in this section.
A. The Chief of Police is authorized to erect, on those days when conditions
are suitable and upon such streets as he may deem best, official traffic
signs indicating that such streets or parts of streets are reserved
for coasting. Vehicular traffic is prohibited from using such streets
during the time such signs are displayed.
B. The prohibition in Subsection
A shall not apply to drivers of vehicles having business within such reserved areas or to drivers of vehicles whose residences are within such reserved areas.
Upon such roadways as are divided by a parkway, grass plot,
reservation, viaduct, subway or by any structure or area, drivers
shall keep to the right of such a division, except when otherwise
directed by an officer, signs, signals or markings.
A. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass a vehicle proceeding
in the same direction unless there is sufficient clear space ahead
on the right side of the roadway to permit the overtaking to be completed
without impeding the safe operation of any vehicle ahead.
B. The driver of a vehicle, when about to be overtaken and passed by
another vehicle approaching from the rear, shall give way to the right
in favor of the overtaking vehicle, on suitable and audible signal
being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle, and shall not
increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking
vehicle.
C. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass any other vehicle
proceeding in the same direction at any intersection of streets, except
that this subsection shall not apply at intersections where traffic
is controlled by traffic stop and go signals or by police officers.
D. Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk, or at any
intersection, to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, no operator
of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall overtake and
pass such stopped vehicle.
A. No person shall drive in such a manner as to obstruct unnecessarily
the normal movement of traffic upon any street or highway. Officers
are authorized to require any driver who fails to comply with this
section to drive to the side of the roadway and wait until such traffic
as has been delayed has passed.
B. No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk unless
there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection or
crosswalk on the right half of the roadway to accommodate the vehicle
he is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles
or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication
to proceed.
The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more
closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed
of such vehicle and the traffic upon and condition of the street or
highway.
The driver of any vehicle, before starting, stopping, turning
from a direct line or backing, shall first see that such movement
can be made in safety. If such movement cannot be made in safety or
if it interferes unduly with the normal movement of other traffic,
such driver shall wait for a more favorable opportunity to make such
movement. If the operation of another vehicle should be affected by
a stopping or turning movement, the driver of such other vehicle shall
be given a plainly visible signal.
No operator shall turn a vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite
direction, unless such can be made without backing, and without causing
any approaching operator to slacken speed or change his course, except
that the preceding provisions shall not apply on any dead-end street,
nor to applicants for drivers' licenses while being tested by examiners
of the Registry of Motor Vehicles and in accordance with specific
directions of such examiners.
A list of City streets on which U-turns are prohibited or restricted
is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
A list of City streets where left turns are prohibited or restricted
is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or
a garage shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto
a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alleyway
or driveway.
Where buildings are used for the keeping of more than four vehicles
and the exits therefrom are within 10 feet of the line of a public
street, warning by mechanical or electrical device visible from a
distance of 15 feet on either side of such exits, or by a bell or
gong audible for a distance of 15 feet on either side of the exits,
or by a person stationed at such exits, shall be given when vehicles
are about to leave such building.
At any junction or crossing of ways where the roadway grades
have been separated and where the ways are connected by ramps, and
at any intersection of ways in which there are traffic islands, drivers
of vehicles shall proceed only as indicated by official signs, signals
or markings.
No operator shall enter upon the road surface of any street
or highway or section thereof when, by reason of construction, surface
treatment, maintenance or the like, or because of some unprotected
hazard, such road surface is closed to travel, and one or more signs,
lights or signals have been erected to indicate that all or part of
the road surface of the street or highway is not to be used, or when
so advised by an officer, watchman, member of a street or highway
crew or employee of the City, either audibly or by signals.
The driver of a vehicle shall not drive upon any sidewalk except
at a permanent or temporary driveway.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle, except on
signal from a police officer, to drive the same over or through a
safety zone.
A. It shall be the duty of each driver in a funeral or other procession
to keep as near to the right edge of the roadway as is feasible and
to follow the vehicle ahead as closely as is practicable and safe.
B. At an intersection where a traffic control signal is operating, the
driver of the first vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall
be the only one required to stop for a red or yellow indication.
C. At an intersection where a lawful stop sign exists, the driver of
the first vehicle in a funeral or other procession shall be the only
one required to stop before proceeding through the intersection.
No operator of any vehicle shall drive between the vehicles
comprising a funeral or other authorized procession, provided that
such vehicles are conspicuously so designated.
No operator of an omnibus or other vehicle capable of carrying
eight or more passengers from whom fare is collected shall stand such
vehicle in a street unless to take on or let off a passenger, and
then only at such places as may be designated by the City Council
and for such time as may be sufficient to enable the passenger to
take his seat or to leave such omnibus or vehicle, and provided, further,
that no operator of such vehicle shall operate it in a street other
than those designated by the City Council.
No person shall operate any vehicle in such condition or so
constructed or so loaded as to be likely to cause delay in traffic
or accident or injury to any person or property.
A. Restricted streets. The use and operation of heavy commercial vehicles
are restricted on the following streets or parts of streets, in the
manner outlined and during the period of time set forth:
Name of Street
|
Restriction
|
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Crescent Street
|
At all times
|
Edison Park
|
At all times
|
Edison Street
|
At all times
|
Hall Place
|
At all times
|
Harvard Street
|
At all times
|
Hilda Street
|
At all times
|
Hillsboro Street
|
At all times
|
Intervale Street, from Centre Street to Brooks Avenue
|
At all times
|
Samoset Avenue
|
At all times
|
Upland Road
|
At all times
|
Whitney Road
|
At all times
|
B. Exceptions. Subsection
A of this section shall not apply to heavy commercial vehicles going to or coming from places upon said streets for the purpose of making deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise to or similar collections from abutting land or buildings or adjoining streets or ways to which access cannot otherwise be gained; or to vehicles used in connection with the construction, maintenance and repair of said streets or public utilities therein; or to federal, state, municipal or public service corporation owned vehicles.
C. Signs. Subsection
A of this section shall be effective only during such times that official traffic signs are displayed setting forth its provisions.
[Added 5-21-2018 by Order
No. 2018-080]
A. The
use and operation of motor vehicles along Dorchester Street running
from its intersection with Shoreham Street to its intersection with
Moon Island Road, and along Moon Island Road running from its intersection
with Dorchester Street to the City of Boston Access Gate approximately
200 yards to the east, shall be restricted at all times to private
passenger motor vehicles, as that term is defined in 540 CMR 2.05(a)
and (b).
B. Subsection
A above shall not apply to:
(1) Motor vehicles owned and/or operated by the City of Boston Police
Department or the City of Boston Fire Department traveling to or from
Moon Island;
(2) Vehicles going to or coming from places located upon the two streets
in the restricted area defined in the preceding subsection for purposes
of making deliveries of goods, materials or merchandise; and/or
(3) Vehicles providing municipal or emergency services.
C. Official
traffic signs setting forth the foregoing provisions shall forthwith
be installed and maintained at each end of the restricted area.
Where official traffic control devices are erected directing
specific traffic to use a designated lane or designating lanes to
be used by traffic moving in a particular direction, regardless of
the center of the roadway, or to prohibit a turn or to make a required
turn at an intersection of roadways, drivers of vehicles shall obey
the direction of every such device.
A list of City streets where turning movements are restricted
is on file in the office of the City Clerk.